Master of Science in Sport Management

The M.S. Sport Management program offers an exciting hands-on 36-credit degree program designed to prepare you for a successful career in professional sport team management, collegiate athletic administration, sport marketing, sport finance, sport facility management, or other career options. Internships and opportunities to learn from experienced practitioners in sport management have helped to launch successful careers for program graduates in corporations such as Octagon, WWE, ESPN, and Major League Soccer. Program participants can earn the right to have assigned industry mentors ranging from athletic directors to GMs of professional teams. The College of Business further prepares students through the Professional Enrichment Program, which has brought to campus experienced sports professionals such as ESPN’s Chris Berman, Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, and New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman. To earn your degree, you will complete a sequence of interdisciplinary business and sports management core courses. You may elect to complete your degree with a series of electives or select one of our degree concentrations in collegiate athletic administration, facility management, or sport analytics. A total of 30 credits are required for completion of the master of science degree in sport management. The program consists of six sport/facility management core courses, and four sport management or business elective courses. Students who have not taken a managerial accounting course and a financial accounting course (and received at least a B or higher grade in that class) before starting the program will need to take ACCT 6620 Financial Accounting for Managers as one of their elective courses. Sport/Facility Management Core (18 credits) SMGT 6600 - Sport Business Toolkit SMGT 6610 - The Sport Industry SMGT 6611 - Sport Industry Marketing, Promotion, and Public Relations SMGT 6612 - Sports Law SMGT 6617 - Managing Sport Finances SMGT 6694 - Internship Electives (12 credits) Any of the following (totaling 12 credits) ACCT 6620 - Financial Accounting for Managers or Proof of prerequisite (see department for waiver; waiver will not count toward 12 elective credits) Any of the following courses: ENGL 6659 - Writing and Speaking for Professionals SMGT 6613 - Sports Facility Management SMGT 6618 - Major Policy Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics SMGT 6620 - Professional Sport Management SMGT 6621 - Applied Collegiate Fitness and Athletics SMGT 6622 - Sport Facility Development/Construction SMGT 6623 - Sport Business Development and Sustainability SMGT 6624 - Sports Economics SMGT 6625 - Sport Management by the Numbers SMGT 6626 - Strategic Event Management SMGT 6690 - Research Project Above is a sample list of available sport management electives. Students are allowed and encouraged to take any other College of Business graduate courses as possible electives. A number of classes are offered online and can help a student finish the degree more quickly.